/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Dremel a slot

Try taking a rubber band. Place it over the screw head, and press down/loosen it up. The rubber band should take up some of the excess space.

Might also want to spray them with something to try and loosen them up a bit.

Step 1. Build time machine.
Step 2. Go back in time to before they were stripped.
Step 3. Use correct size bit/screwdriver and remove screws.

- if you $30 to waste, buy a screw extractor kit from the hardware store.

- cut a straight groove across them with a dremel and unscrew using flat screwdriver

- if the part comes off when the screwheads come off then just drill out the screwheads, remove the part, and unscrew the stumps with a Vicegrip.

>>508593
I'll try the rubber-band thing. I tried to loosen them with WD-40 and that did nothing.

>>508594
I'll try that.

>>508595
I did use the correct size. They were really stuck and the bit was stronger than the screw.

>>508601
I broke a rubber band so I didn't think that'll work.

>>508591
JB weld a broken or old drill bit or screw head to it. remove at your leisure

I got a security bit set and 1/4 and 1/2 inch reverse drill bits for my tool collection, will over time get all the available sizes and then backup bits for if ever I break the main collection.
All too often I come up against rusted, over tightened or stripped/difficult screws and bolts I won't use these speciality tools often, but when I need them I will have them - no respectful DIYer, tinkerer or mechanic/engineer should be without reverse drill bits. Ever.
Might also add to it with screw/bolt extractors as >>508598 posted. Problem with them is you still need to drill a hole to seat the extraction bit in, why not just have a reverse thread drill bit, if you start to actually drill a hole in the head of your stuck fastener reach for your extractor bit

You could try taking a screwdriver or something, Wedging it in there at an angle, and then tapping it with a hammer to turn it. Set it down on the left hand point, and tap it towards you(from the image's perspective, probably best not to be driving pointy objects towards you)

>>508624
>no respectful DIYer, tinkerer or mechanic/engineer should be without reverse drill bits. Ever.
If I ask for them at Home Depot will they know what I mean? I'm new here if you haven't figured it out.

>>508633
HD has screw extractors. It should tell you what size metal boring bit you will need to drill into the screw. Once you've drilled the hole, lightly tap the extractor into it with a hammer then use pliers or something to unscrew it. Most people chuck it into a drill but I did that once and the extractor broke off in the screw. You can't drill those extractors out with regular metal bits. I don't know what they're made out of.

Drill a small shaft into the screw. cut threads in it the opposite direction of the screws threads. insert extractor screw and turn it until it is at the bottom of the new hole. Then keep turning to turn screw to be extracted.

>>508633
I had no suck luck finding left hand drill bits at home depot, remember that HD is for home owners and mexican contractors that don't have fat wallets to have high quality building materials and tools delivered to the job site.
I found mine at OSH surprisingly.
But I'd buy them online if I had time to kill and wait for delivery - cheaper that way too.

Also idealy you'd want to use your extractor with an impact drill, I have the 200$ combo set, 18v drill and impact - best 200$ I have ever spent in my life.

>>508591
Drill the heads off them.

MIG weld a nut onto the screw

>>508591

>>508717
Works for most hardware, but you're not going to want to use the same screw after removal. Make certain you have something to replace if necessary.

>>508760
I've done that many times and reusing the screw isn't a problem.

You don't need a full extractor kit. Just a drill bit ($3) screw extractor ($5) and tap wrench (like $8) any nearby hardware store should have them.

last time I had to use a screw extractor, I was wondering "who's bright idea was it to use a 6mm Allen key on a half-inch wide brake caliper setscrew?

>>508717
This is the worst picture to post, it and others like it are reprehensible.

http://www.harborfreight.com/33-piece-security-bit-set-68459.html

or you can spring for the high dollar shit (same quality) http://www.burntec.com/Macro_Bit_Set_97_High_Quality_bits

>>508591
I wonder if you can just use a robertson bit on it, they look squarish now.

>>508820
thats the kind of thinking that got OP in this mess, "HURR IT R LOOK DA SAME"
There is several different kinds of screws and drivers to go with them, you have to use a tool as it was intended or you will damage the tool or the fastener. You all should have learned this in woodshop or where ever you all learned to effect your physical reality.

Just because you think you can tinker doesn't mean you can, your ignorant and should donate every tool you have and be a waiter in a diner.

>>508593
>Try taking a rubber band. Place it over the screw head, and press down/loosen it up.
I wonder if that has **ever** worked.

>>508760
why wouldnt you want to use the same screw afterwards? You screw it in the same way you took it out..

>>508833
Nope... And when you suggest it in a crowded area and people watch it fail horribly, they lose a lot of respect for you.(Tried helping some kids at a department store tear down a display with stripped wires.)

Honestly, just get screw extractors(>>508598) and accept that you'll need to take the pieces to homedepot and find replacement screws. Trying to salvage them to re-use is just going to give you a bigger headache when you need to disassemble the thing again.

>>508601
WD-40 kind of sucks as a penetrating lubricant

OP is the kind of person I hate.

They don't understand how to use a drill with a slow speed with high torque setting. They just grab a drill and blast away. Then when the bit keeps slipping, making the tell tale slipping noise, they keep on pushing the bit into the screw and strip it out.

A hand driver may have been a better choice. A phillips with a hex shank would let you use a wrench for extra torque on stuck screws.

>>509003
*Whirrrrrr--dt-dt-dt-dt-dt-dt-dt-dt-dt-dt
>It isn't all the way in...
*dt-dt-dt-dt-dt-dt
>These screws suck!

>>509028
every damn time.

I always yell at people not to make the "bad noisse". Ya have to be simple with simple people.

>>509049
I find that using short slow pulses helps re-seat the bit head into the screw head each time the drill stops. Kind of like "whirr...whirr...whirr...whirr". Which helps keep it from slipping out and doing "dt-dt-dt-dt-dt".

>2013
>shitty philips head
>Not starting with an impact driver.

>>509151
>2013
>People still posting these shitty threads
>can't buy appropriate tools

try these. grab edges. or you can drill into the middle . put screw in and turn screw.

>>509171
get the fuck out.

>>509170
>>can't buy appropriate tools
buyfag, this is diy, can't i just make one by like shoving some play dough in it, than baking it so it hardens or something?

>>509249
You wanna make your own tools go and buy the supplies to build a forge.
Untill then sears, harbor freight, home depot, orileys/autozone are your friend.

Impact driver. the end.

>>509389
I second this. WHAMWHAMWHAM done.